Climbing The Greens
Vermont Railway train 263 is grinding eastward on the Green Mountain Railroad's Bellows Falls Subdivision on a cloudy late fall morning. They are approaching the popular photo location at the s-curve leading into the first Vermont Route 103 crossing at about MP 45.7 on this historic former Rutland mainline which opened between Bellows Falls and Burlington in 1849. In the lead is SD70M-2 431 built in December 2006 for the Florida East Coast, and one of only two six axle units on the roster. She is trailed by three geeps (GMTX 2215, CLP 204, VTR 207) and thirty cars destined for Riverside Yard in Rockingham. The train is working hard and is in the process of climbing nearly 1000 ft in the 18 mile stretch from Rutland until they reach the crest of the Green Mountains at 1518 ft nearly aptly named Summit Station.
A half dozen miles to the west rise the 2000+ foot peaks of the Taconic Mountains which are catching some late morning sun that would prove elusive over here to the east in the Greens.
Shrewsbury, Vermont
Tuesday October 18, 2022
Climbing The Greens
Vermont Railway train 263 is grinding eastward on the Green Mountain Railroad's Bellows Falls Subdivision on a cloudy late fall morning. They are approaching the popular photo location at the s-curve leading into the first Vermont Route 103 crossing at about MP 45.7 on this historic former Rutland mainline which opened between Bellows Falls and Burlington in 1849. In the lead is SD70M-2 431 built in December 2006 for the Florida East Coast, and one of only two six axle units on the roster. She is trailed by three geeps (GMTX 2215, CLP 204, VTR 207) and thirty cars destined for Riverside Yard in Rockingham. The train is working hard and is in the process of climbing nearly 1000 ft in the 18 mile stretch from Rutland until they reach the crest of the Green Mountains at 1518 ft nearly aptly named Summit Station.
A half dozen miles to the west rise the 2000+ foot peaks of the Taconic Mountains which are catching some late morning sun that would prove elusive over here to the east in the Greens.
Shrewsbury, Vermont
Tuesday October 18, 2022